UNIFIED FRONT: Shiite women protested near a cloud of tear gas fired by police in Abu Saiba, Bahrain, Monday. A court plans to announce a verdict Jan. 7 in the trial of 13 Shiite opposition leaders jailed for their role in demonstrations. The women are supporters of the jailed leaders.
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SWIMMING SANTA: A diver in a Santa Claus costume swam in an aquarium at the 'Multimar Wattforum' in Tönning, Germany, Monday.
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TUNNEL VISION: Authorities released an image from a camera in the Sasago Tunnel, where a roof collapse Sunday killed nine people. The tunnel, on a highway that links Tokyo to central Japan and the city of Nagoya, opened in 1977. The transport ministry ordered inspections on 49 other tunnels.
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DRILLING IN: People dressed as drills protested Monday in front of the French Embassy in Rome against a high-speed train. France and Italy signed a declaration for a €26 billion high-speed rail line through the Alps, despite doubts over European Union financing for the tunnel.
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SCARRED: An Afghan amputee waited for a doctor at the International Committee of the Red Cross hospital for war victims and the disabled in Mazar-i Sharif, Afghanistan, Tuesday.
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MUSHROOM BEDS: A worker checked hanging mushroom beds at a farm in Minoity, west of Minsk, Belarus, Tuesday. The farm's workshops are located inside hangars at a former Soviet missile military base.
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IMPOSTOR PRINCE: A police officer escorted a man wearing a Prince William mask from the King Edward VII Hospital in London Tuesday. Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, is being treated for hyperemesis gravidarum, or acute morning sickness, at the hospital.
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GRAZING ALONG: Sheep grazed on the banks of the Rhine River in Cologne, Germany, Tuesday.
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BLACKFACE: A woman had her face painted to portray 'Black Pete' during St. Nicholas, or 'Sinterklaas,' celebrations in Soest, Netherlands, Wednesday. Black Pete made his debut as an African servant in an 1850 book. Foreigners visiting the Netherlands in winter are often surprised by the practice.
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LIFE GOES ON: A woman hung clothes to dry amid debris in Andap, Philippines, Wednesday, a day after Typhoon Bopha struck the country. Several hundred people were killed.
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BEAN COUNTING: A man walked past a display in Rio de Janeiro Wednesday. The group Rio de Paz placed about 500,000 beans on top of red sheets to raise awareness about the number of homicides in Brazil over the past 10 years. The beans represent victims, according to the group.
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RAYS OF LIGHT: A helicopter dropped water onto a smoldering fire in Lane Cove National Park in Sydney Wednesday. Firefighting aircraft contained the fire; no homes were lost.
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SICK SWAN: Ornithologists tried to catch a sick swan on a lake near the village of Shvaby, north of Minsk, Belarus, Thursday.
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IN LINE: Maasai people waited in line to register to vote in Ewuaso Kedong, Kenya, Thursday. The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission is dispatching biometric-computer equipment to remote tribal areas ahead of the general election in March 2013.
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BABY HIPPO: A newborn hippo baby was weighed on a scale at the Szeged Zoo, near Budapest, Hungary, Friday. The animal was born on Nov. 17.
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COLD SWIM: A woman dove into the icy water of Beiling Lake Friday in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China.
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